Bitconnect has
formally closed its lending platform and cryptocurrency exchange following warnings from Texas and North Carolina regulators. The Bitconnect Coin (BCC) digital currency is down 87% today and 93% from its December 29 high of $437.At press time,BCC is trading for just $30.
Ponzi-likeMany in the digital currency community have called Bitconnect a Ponzi scheme, including Ethereum founder
Vitalik Buterin,
according to
TechCrunch. Such accusations were based on the multi-level referral system and the promise of up to 40% earned interest, plus a daily bonus of up to 0.25% per day,on each loan.The promise of risk-free high returns is often typical of a scam-if it sounds too good to be true,it probably is.
Bitconnect Coin’s website describes the currency as:The moment you acquire BitConnect Coin it becomes an interest-bearing asset with 120% return per year. It is that simple.
Unfortunately for investors, that“interest-bearing asset”is now nearly worthless